4149 Black Lick Rd, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“They have the best customer service of any gas station that I have been to. Carol (the cashier) is a truly amazing and sweet person. I was having a rough day and she went out of her way to help make my day better. I will be stopping at this station from now on when I'm in the area just to see Carol! She deserves a shout out at the very least for being an amazing and truly kind person.”
4149 Black Lick Road, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“They have wheelchair access, air, water, diesel, public restroom, and decent gas prices and they will for no extra charge pump disabled peoples gas for them as one of the pictures of the placard shows.”
104 South Main Street, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“I always buy my gas here and have not had any problems, like water in the gas. Employees are always friendly and they have a good selection of products to be a convenience store.”
7297 Lee Hwy, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“Very small maybe 10 parking spots, open 24 hours, no food, no hand dipped ice cream. Employees are friendly and helpful, store is clean, bathrooms...well there is only 1 employee, so he/she can only get the the messes people make as soon as possible. However,The gas station that you pass on the way in, on the corner has mexican restaurant, no truck parking then across street from that station is restaurant with another 7-10 truck spots but that restaurants hours are not posted.Mexican food was good, plentiful and reasonably priced. Store only has maybe 10 tables but you can get take out.”
7297 Lee Highway, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“Parking was free service was great , they have some machines that pay out pretty good and they have clean restrooms an the prices are reasonably priced overall great experience would definitely recommend a stop if your passing through”
7372 Lee Highway, Rural Retreat VA 24368
“Traveling through the area! The restroom was very clean, the staff was very nice, and the gas prices were twenty cents less per gallon than where we previously had filled up!”
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